12420 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Secretary 

List of Countries Requiring 

Cooperation With an International 

Boycott 

In accordance with section 999(a)(3) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

the Department of the Treasury is 

publishing a current list of countries 

which require or may require 

participation in, or cooperation with, an 

international boycott (within the 

meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

On the basis of the best information 

currently available to the Department of 

the Treasury, the following countries 

require or may require participation in, 

or cooperation with, an international 

boycott (within the meaning of section 

999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986). 

Iraq 

Kuwait 

Lebanon 

Libya 

Qatar 

Saudi Arabia 

Syria 

Yemen 

Lindsay Kitzinger, 

International Tax Counsel, (Tax Policy). 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices; 

Department of the Treasury. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on an information 

collection that is due for extension 

approval by the Office of Management 

and Budget. The Office of International 

Affairs of the Department of the 

Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning extension without change of 

the following form: Treasury 

International Capital Form SLT, 

‘‘Aggregate Holdings, Purchases and 

Sales, and Fair Value Changes of LongTerm Securities by U.S. and Foreign 

Residents.’’ The report is mandatory. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 16, 2024 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 1050, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, please 

also notify Mr. Dwight Wolkow by email 

(comments2TIC@treasury.gov), or 

telephone (202–622–1276). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the proposed forms and 

instructions are available on the 

Treasury’s TIC Forms web page, https:// 

home.treasury.gov/data/treasuryinternational-capital-tic-system-homepage/tic-forms-instructions/tic-slt-formand-instructions. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to Mr. Dwight Wolkow, 

(comments2TIC@treasury.gov or 202– 

622–1276). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Treasury International Capital 

Form SLT, ‘‘Aggregate Holdings, 

Purchases and Sales, and Fair Value 

Changes of Long-Term Securities by 

U.S. and Foreign Residents.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0235. 

Abstract: Form SLT is part of the 

Treasury International Capital (TIC) 

reporting system, which is required by 

law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 

10033; 31 CFR 128) and is designed to 

collect timely information on 

international portfolio capital 

movements. Form SLT is a monthly 

report on cross-border portfolio 

investment in long-term marketable 

securities by U.S. and foreign residents. 

This information is used by the U.S. 

Government in the formulation of 

international financial and monetary 

policies and for the preparation of the 

U.S. balance of payments accounts and 

the U.S. international investment 

position. 

Current Actions: No changes will be 

made in Form SLT or in the instructions 

for the form. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Form SLT (1505– 

0235). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

429. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: Average 12 hours per 

respondent per filing. The estimated 

average burden per respondent varies 

widely, from about 21.6 hours per filing 

for a U.S.-resident custodian to about 

9.3 hours for a U.S.-resident issuer or 

U.S.-resident end-investor. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 61,600 hours, based on 12 

reporting periods per year. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit written 

comments concerning: (a) Whether 

Form SLT is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Office, including whether the 

information will have practical uses; (b) 

the accuracy of the above estimate of the 

burdens; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the reporting and/or record 

keeping burdens on respondents, 

including the use of information 

technologies to automate the collection 

of the data; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Reporting Systems. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0859] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Education Benefit Entitlement 

Restoration Request Due To School 

Closure, Program Suspension or 

Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

revision of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before April 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 


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Administration (20M33), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0859’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0859’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: Pub. L. 115–48; title 38 

U.S.C. 3699. 

Title: Education Benefit Entitlement 

Restoration Request Due to School 

Closure, Program Suspension or 

Withdrawal, VA Form 22–0989. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0859. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The VA Form 22–0989 

allows students to apply for restoration 

of entitlement for VA education benefits 

used at a school that closed, suspended, 

or had its approval to receive VA 

benefits withdrawn. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 659 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Time per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once on 

occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,634. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt) Office of 

Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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